Friday while Salena was visiting her boyfriend, Pat and Verminious Snaptrap were at the tudor house to iron out some details. They sat in the living room with Mina and Thad, who had spent the night.

"How many guests are you going to invite?" asked Pat, holding a clipboard with a checklist in one hand and a pencil in the other.

"Let's see, Las Banditas and my mother and brother are invited of course, and maybe Chameleon, BirdBrain, Kitty, and whoever Verm invites," Mina counted off her fingers.

"I guess I should invite the whole family, but that's a lot of rats," responded Snaptrap.

"Do you know what kind of venue you want to hold the wedding and the reception?"

"The property around the tudor is big enough, and it would be cheaper that way," grinned Mina.

"CHEAP!? Isn't your dad going to pay for the wedding? The father of the bride usually does," countered Pat. Snaptrap scrunched his eyes shut and grimaced.

Mina crossed her legs and cupped her hands around one knee, looking at the floor. "I'm not exactly sure where my father is right now," she said slowly, "My twin is supposed to be with him..."

"But Mom called last night and said she'd contribute if we could give her an estimate on the total cost," her little brother came to Mina's rescue. "And Mina's said Lucia an' me could play the music."

"Are you a musician?" asked Pat, looking the young rat up and down skeptically. Yesterday he had rode his motorcycle into town, wearing all leather. Today he was in blue jeans and a t-shirt Finny had left behind, a dark blue one with bright orange hems. Not Pat's idea of a musician.

"I play the guitar and the saxophone. I mostly play country music. Lu plays guitar, piano and fiddle."

"Why not get Uncle Burt and Aunt Maria to perform for the wedding," Pat suggested quickly, "and your brother and friend can play at the reception."

Mina and Snaptrap nodded. "Chesca's offered to bake the cake, too. And I can wear my red eveni-" the female rat began before her brother interrupted.

"Whoa whoa no, Mom was sayin' last night she wants y'all to have a traditional weddin', that means a white gown and a diamond."

Snaptrap slumped in embarrassment. Pat had pointed out on the way here that he would need a job if he was going to quit DOOM and reform from being a villain. Also, Mina deserved a diamond ring.

"I only need my wedding band, and the white dress was a trend that some queen started. Beforehand girls just wore their best dress," Mina was countering Thad.

"What about dinner? Are you going to have it catered?" continued Pat, jotting down a few notes on her list.

"I didn't think about it yet, what about you sweetie?" the bride-to-be looked to her fiance.

"I'm pretty partial to seafood," he grinned. "Captain Ahab's Sea Shanty or that sushi restaurant Three Days Ago are yummy."

"Why's a raw fish restaurant called 'Three Days Ago'?" questioned Thaddeus, more to himself than the others.

Pat wrote down the two choices on her list, grimacing slightly at the low-budget preferences. "And have you decided on a date yet?"

Several voices began calling from the upstairs and the kitchen, overlapping in calls of Christmas, New Years, and Valentine's. Mina smiled and looked to Snaptrap, "What do you think, Verm?"

"Well, a New Year, a new start. But lots of people are gonna be having Christmas parties and New Year parties, so let's go with December twenty-eighth." Mina nodded in approval, but Pat muttered about it still being too soon for a decent wedding.